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After yesterday’s Triple-I Initiative Showcase, let’s go with the Friday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• Triple-I Initiative Sale features games with up to 90% discounts and will last 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/triplei-initiative-april-2026/
• Better Together Sale also has games up to 90% off and will also last 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/better-together-sale/

Fanatical has the new Whale and Dolphin Conservation Charity Bundle, with 11 games. It will last 19 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/whale-and-dolphin-conservation-charity-bundle
Also, yesterday’s Star Deal has apparently ended, but there’s no replacement yet.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Here’s a New Look at the Stunning Need for Speed: Underground 2 Unreal Engine 5 Fan Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/heres-a-new-look-at-the-stunning-need-for-speed-underground-2-unreal-engine-5-fan-remake/
It’s been almost half a year since our last look at the upcoming fan remake of Need for Speed: Underground 2 in Unreal Engine 5. So, good news everyone, the project is not dead. Not only that, but 2Unreal5Underground has shared a new gameplay video from its latest build. In this latest gameplay video, we get our first glimpse at the game’s AI system. We also get to see some other features. For instance, players will be able to draft to gain more NOS. They will also be able to gain NOS by getting a better ranking. 2Unreal5Underground claimed that over 3/4 of the final game is complete. However, there is still no ETA for when the first public version will come out. Once that happens, I’ll be sure to share the download link with you.
>> The video is almost 10 minutes long.

The ill-advised business software that helped sink videogame pioneers Infocom now runs on modern PCs: 'It's a new age for aficionados of failed 1985 database products!'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-ill-advised-business-software-that-helped-sink-videogame-pioneers-infocom-now-runs-on-modern-pcs-its-a-new-age-for-aficionados-of-failed-1985-database-products/
Infocom is fondly remembered today as the studio responsible for a string of legendary text adventures including the Zork series, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, A Mind Forever Voyaging, and plenty more. Looking back, the company seems to have been confused about its own strengths, though. While it would be an exaggeration to say that its attempt to diversify into business software was the one thing that sunk Infocom, it sure did make a healthy contribution.
The software in question was Cornerstone, a database program released in 1985. Because Infocom's text adventures had been designed to run on a virtual machine (called the Z-machine) it was easy to port them to different systems, so Cornerstone was likewise designed to run on its own virtual machine. Unfortunately, that made it notoriously slow to use, and the benefit of easy portability meant nothing since by that point IBM-compatibles had won the business sector of the platform war.
While dedicated Infocom heads have kept the Z-machine alive so you can play Infocom classics on your modern PC, nobody put much effort into the virtual machine Cornerstone ran on. Until now. Thanks to the tireless work of TaradinoC, you can download an interpreter called Linchpin that will run Infocom's least-loved software. "It's a new age for aficionados of failed 1985 database products!" as game developer Andrew Plotkin put it in his blog post about the project.
>> No, there is no media is this article.

GAMING NEWS

Here are all the trailers that aired at the Triple-i Initiative Showcase
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-all-the-trailers-that-aired-at-the-triple-i-initiative-showcase/
Triple-i Initiative’s third showcase aired earlier today and has come to a close. During that event, the company showed 40 games. As such, I’ve decided to collect all of them and share them in one big article.
>> PCGamer has articles on some of them.

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss demo is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cthulhu-the-cosmic-abyss-demo-is-now-available-for-download/
NACON has just released a demo for its new Cthulhu game, Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss. PC gamers can download the demo right now from Steam. Moreover, the publisher has shared a new trailer that you can find below.

Thick As Thieves will be released on May 20th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/thick-as-thieves-will-be-released-on-may-20th/
Megabit Publishing has announced that Thick As Thieves will be released on May 20th. This new stealth action heist game from Warren Spector will no longer be a PvPvE game. Instead, it will be a solo/co-op game.

Resident Evil Requiem’s Denuvo Cracked in Record Time
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-requiems-denuvo-cracked-in-record-time/
The latest version of Denuvo, which was used in Resident Evil Requiem, has been defeated. In record time, voices38 was able to crack it. This is a huge blow to Irdeto and Denuvo.
Resident Evil Requiem came out on February 27th. And now, after one and a half months, a proper crack has been fully released.

First Samson Update Releases Today – Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/first-samson-update-releases-today-full-patch-notes/
Liquid Swords has announced that the first major update for Samson will come out later today and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this update will bring to the table.